Hose supporter



Sept. 22, 1931. M. HAWIE 1,824,206

HOSE SUPPORTER Filed April 16, 1931 Patented Sept. 22, 1931 UNITED STATES manure nnwm, or ennnirs rmsglconnmmur nosn suieon'rmt Application mea a rn 16,1931. semi 10.330329.

This invention relates to improvements in hose supporters, and more especially to novel means for connecting the ends of the wire loop which receives the button employed 1n I connecting a stocking to the supporter,

Such loops are usually made wire, and the ends of the same are joined to the loop of the strap support by means of a metal tube or binder. The ends of the button loopicontinuously pull out of the tube or bin'denland various expedients have been employed to eliminate this disadvantage. Generally, a

metal tie strap is secured to the opposite sides of the loop below the ends thereof, and, this tie strap will prevent the ends from pulling apart, but it has a tendency to tear garments and to irritate the flesh of the user offthe supporter. i

One of the salient objects of the present invention is to provide a hose supporter employing the usual tube or binder for joinlng the ends of the loop to the loop ofjithe supporter strap without the necessity of using any metal tie strap; the button loop ends and binder being so shaped and assembled that engaging shoulders of the same prevent the loop ends from being pulled apart. In accordance with the present invention, opposite sides of the end portions of the loop are flattened at some distance from the extremities thereof, and after the binderor tube is attached, the binder is distorted to engage flat sides of the loop, and this provides engaging shoulders on the loop and binder which securely lock the ends of the loop against outward movement.

With the foregoing objects outlined and with other objects in view whichi-' vvill appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particiularly pointed out in the appended. claim. l

Referring to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a strap loop and a button loop in proper relation to be secured together by a binder, and showingthe fiattened end portions of the button loop.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the binder.

- Fig.3 is aview similar to Fig. '1, but showing the binder connecting the two loops.-

isa like-view taken from the opposite side and with certain parts broken away.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 6 designates a button loop made of conventional cylindrical wire and 7 designates a conventional strap loop. Usually, such loopsare connected by a binder 8 of the kind shown in Fig. 2, which binder is pressed into tubular form around the end ortions of the wires which form the loops.

owever, as the ends of the button loop are liable to pull apart, various expedients have been employed to eliminate the difliculty, but all of such expedients are more or less objectionable. I have removed the disadvantage by employing the same parts and without resort to additional elements. Pursuant to my 7 invention, the opposite sides of each end por tionof the loop 6 are swaged or flattened, as shown at 9, and this provides abrupt shoul ders 10 between the flattened portions and the cylindrical coaxial extremities 11 of the loop.

After the loops have been placed in proper relation, as shown in Fig. 1, the binder 8 is bent around the same to form a connecting tube, as shown in Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive, and then the end portions of the tube are (18- pressed, as shown at 12, so that they come into engagement with the flattened faces 9 of the loop. This distorting of the tube forms shoul ders 13 in the same at opposite sides of the cylindrical extremities 11 of the button loop," and these shoulders cooperate with the shoulders 10, so as to form an interlock which prevents the loop ends from being pulled apart.

From the foregoing it is believed that the construction and advantages of the invention may be readily understood by those skilled in the art, and it is apparent that changes may bemade in the details disclosed, without departing from the spirit of the invention, as expressed in the claim.

What is claimed and desired tobe secured by Letters Patent is A garment supporter or the like, comprising a button loop formed of substantially cylindrical wire and having coaxial end portions, each of said end portions having a subforming cavities at opposite sides of-said end I portions, a strap loop, andsa tubular. meta-l binder joining said loops and having end por- 7 I tions aligned Within said cavities and snugly engaging said flattenedfa'ces and said' ylindrical extremities, the binder havingshoul;

ders interlocking With the shoulders of the button loop to prevent the ends of the button I a loop from pulling apart.

In testimonywhere'oflT have-signedthis 1 specification.

MICHAEL; 

